Sayamai - If I hadn't known you better through some of your other contributions to Sajha, which are very creative and good in thier own right, I prolly would have chosen to react differently to your comments. I must say I am suprised at the tone and tenor of your criticism - especially coming from someone who has done a good job of separating the wheat from the chaffe in the past. You do give good examples of hypocricy but do a poor job trying to link the people on this thread to that hypocricy. What do you know about Dr Bee that makes you think he eats beef? Also, has it occured to you that maybe people are reading the swastani not so much to seek forgiveness but to continue a story telling tradition that has spanned generations in many communities in Nepal? If repentance was all people were seeking, there is no dearth of things they can do - temples, dhams, yagyas - you name it. I understand your point but feel you have chosen the wrong example to bolster it. Just my thoughts.